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“What a time to be alive!”👀 #FBPE #RejoinEU Antitheist, Humanist, Socialist🌹Democrats 💙 Hate the Tories. Hate bullying and injustice. Pro European, #ProPalestine #AntiZionist #RefugeesWelcome #Woke #PR #SlaviUkraine

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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · May 13

#IStandWithPalestine #Gaza
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
#WarCriminals #Eurovision

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CEASEFIRE
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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · 7m

He should be making a visit to The Hague, but I doubt that will ever happen!

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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · 14m

Has Netanyahu destroyed Hamas?

No!

But look what he’s done.

He’s killed 67,000+ Palestinians, and devastated the lives of everyone who’s survived this slaughter, who are now returning to find their family homes reduced to rubble.

#CrimesAgainstHumanity #Genocide

news.sky.com/story/drones...

Drones capture staggering images of Gaza devastation - as people find nothing left

The joy that met the ceasefire has changed to anxiety and shock as those returning see the dull grey of rubble - the debris of things that are no longer there.

news.sky.com

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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · 3h

This is so spiteful and unnecessary.

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 10h

Every day at noon, no matter how busy, Johny Merida Aguilar left his construction job and hurried to his 5-year-old son's school to feed him. His son has brain cancer and generally only accepts food from his father.

Merida Aguilar was arrested by ICE in September and faces deportation to Bolivia.

He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE.

A court has temporarily blocked Johny Merida Aguilar's deportation to Bolivia.

www.inquirer.com

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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · 21h

There will be no comeuppance for these war criminals. But we should never forget what they’ve done.
Ostracise Israel.

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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #FBR #NAFO @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 23h

I invite you to join our Campaign Wave on Sunday, 26 Oct!
@stellabr.bsky.social @paulawalla11.bsky.social @vanderstap.co.uk @wantagecolin.bsky.social @joczechowska.bsky.social @mrsarcanum.bsky.social @funkynassau.bsky.social @colleenavril.bsky.social @rogsilson.bsky.social @grawitmik.bsky.social

Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #FBR #NAFO @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 5d

📢 Join the #FBPE & #FBR Campaign Wave (aka tweet storm) on Sunday, 26 Oct:

- to protest against the global rise of the far right,
&
- support progressive parties in the Dutch elections (29 Oct).

Time: 20–22 CET | 19–21 UK

Hashtags: #DefendDemocracy #HopeNotHate

Let’s stand strong together!✊

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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · 22h

Plastic ‘made in China’ flagshaggers!

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”

Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · 1d

Palestinians returning to rubble.

The death and destruction the Israelis have wreaked upon these people, for what? To destroy a ragtag army, which they didn’t manage to do!

All of this carnage enabled by the West, in particular, the USA.

Humans!!!!!!

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

"Why aren't the Free Palestine people cheering about the ceasefire?"

If you saw a man beating a child into a coma, would you cheer after the beating stopped? No, your first reaction would be horror at what happened and your second would be fear that he'll attack the kid again.

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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · 2d

To the genocidal occupier and its orange imperial sponsor, ‘ceasefire’ means ‘you cease, we fire’. Israel is a terror state.

www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Israel murders at least 30 Palestinians on second day of 'ceasefire'

The bodies of more than eighty-three people Israel murdered on day one were recovered, seventy-three in Gaza City alone

www.thecanary.co

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 2d

It’s Bookshop Day so here’s a poem in celebration of all those amazing bookshops out there.

Never Judge a Bookshop by its Cover

It may call itself a bookshop, but don’t be fooled by that.
There may be books in the window, on the tables and shelves,
but really, it’s a travel agent selling all-immersive holidays,
weekend breaks, first-class tickets to other worlds,

with a low carbon footprint. It’s a pharmacy as well,
dispensing medicines, pick-me-ups, balms: if symptoms persist,
please consult your local bookseller; it’s a tailor’s, offering
a made-to-measure service to achieve the perfect fit;

and a hardware store, with a range of empowering tools
to fix you up, recharge your batteries, switch on lightbulbs.
Its walls are lined with treasure as precious as any jeweller’s,
and twice as bright. Spines shine gold, silver, sapphire, emerald;

there are diamonds amongst them. It’s a garden centre,
a place where ideas get planted and a thousand stories bloom,
and a greengrocer, selling fresh, locally-sourced produce,
as vital as your five-a-day and more readily consumed.

It’s a multiscreen cinema. Peek behind the curtain
of each jacket and you’ll find a movie waiting silently to begin.
A stationer’s supplying notepads, reams of paper,
with the words conveniently filled in

to save you both the time and bother. A wholefood store
and a fast-food joint. A cosy haven from the cold.
A friendly, family restaurant: Today’s special will revive
a flagging spirit and restore a lagging soul.

It’s a tourist information centre equipped with maps
and helpful guides to steer us on our way.
A busy square in which a whole town gathers
or just a place to hold the world at bay

for a few untroubled stolen minutes. It’s itself,
and yet it’s something larger, a universe so vast
you could spend ten thousand lifetimes there –
it may call itself a bookshop, but don’t be fooled by that.

Brian Bilston

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 4d

www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/defe...

Please sign and share. We are firefighting for our basic rights here!
Every day there’s something else!

Our rights are under attack. Tell your MP to protect the UK’s membership of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Our rights are under attack. The ECHR protects us all – but politicians want to rip it apart. Tell your MP: defend our rights, defend the ECHR. ✍️ #HumanRights

www.amnesty.org.uk

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Penny @penny2.bsky.social · 6d

You mean RFK didn’t get it! He was robbed 😉

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

It's time for the rich to pay.

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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me about it! Yes, it did indeed cost me £95 today. The govt. are so short sighted by not offering it to everyone who wants it. I am lucky enough to be able to afford a jab, but many are less fortunate. Article is very interesting, but slightly disappointing, as I was given Pfizer, not Moderna.

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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · 2d

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · 2d

Hey Kitty. Great to hear from you. Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay 🤗
Hope you’ve had a good day 😘

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Kιƚƚყ ₜₕₑ ᵥₑgₐₙ ₛₒcᵢₐₗᵢₛₜ 📎Ⓥ🌱💚🦇🌍🐠🇬🇧🇪🇺 @sparklykitten.bsky.social · 3d

Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay lovely phone family. There's no shame in admitting you're not doing great or you need support. There's always someone who will listen, so reach out if you need to and check in on loved ones. Be kind to yourself and each other. Have a peaceful day 🥰
#HaveCourageAndBeKind ❤️

Two fluffy pandas sat together. One has an arm around the other and there are love hearts across them both.
Text reads: When someone is going a rough time, just sit with them, no preaching, no judgement, just be there for them.
Credit - Mental Health Believe UK

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3d

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · 2d

Convicted felon, who has enabled genocide in Palestine, and sends troops into his own cities, isn’t awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 🏆

Quelle surprise 😳

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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · 2d

Trump would have said, “This is about me…This is an achievement by me…I am the one.”

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 2d

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · 3d

LMFAO 🤣 Well done the Norwegians. Brutal!

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betheb86.bsky.social @betheb86.bsky.social · 3d

My sincerest condolences to the Norwegian and Venezuelan people, who are likely to feel swift and immediate economic sanctions or even military reprisals by noted Nobel Peace prize nominee Donald Trump.

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